''Universe 3'' is an
anthology
In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors.
In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically categ ...
of original
science fiction short stories edited by
Terry Carr, the third volume in the seventeen-volume
Universe anthology series. It was first published in hardcover by
Random House in 1973, with a
Science Fiction Book Club edition following from the same publisher in November of the same year, a paperback edition from
Popular Library in January 1975, and a British hardcover edition from
Dennis Dobson in October 1977.
The book collects seven novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with an introduction by Carr.
Contents
* "
Introduction" (
Terry Carr)
* "
The Death of Doctor Island
''The Death of Doctor Island'' is a science fiction novella by American writer Gene Wolfe first published as ''The Death of Dr. Island'' in '' Universe 3'' (Editor Terry Carr, Random House, 1973).
Synospsis
Nicholas Kenneth de Vore is a teenag ...
" (
Gene Wolfe)
* "
The Ghost Writer" (
George Alec Effinger)
* "
Many Mansions" (
Robert Silverberg)
* "
Randy-Tandy Man" (
Ross Rocklynne
Ross Rocklynne (February 21, 1913 – October 29, 1988) was the pen name used by Ross Louis Rocklin, an American science fiction author active in the Golden Age of Science Fiction. He also wrote under the pen names Paul Cahendon, R. L. Rock ...
)
* "
The World Is a Sphere" (
Edgar Pangborn)
* "
The Legend of Cougar Lou Landis" (
Edward Bryant)
* "
Free City Blues" (
Gordon Eklund
Gordon Eklund (born July 24, 1945 in Seattle, Washington) is an American science fiction author whose works include the "Lord Tedric" series and two of the earliest original novels based on the 1960s '' Star Trek'' TV series. He has written under ...
)
Reception
Theodore Sturgeon reviewed the anthology favorably, citing Carr for selecting "literate and thought-provoking stor
esbearing a special texture."
["Galaxy Bookshelf", '' Galaxy Science Fiction'', December 1973, pp.71-72]
Awards
The anthology placed third in the 1974
Locus Poll Award for Best Original Anthology.
"The Death of Doctor Island" won the 1973
Nebula Award for Best Novella, was nominated for the 1974
Hugo Award for Best Novella, and placed first in the 1974
Locus Poll Award for Best Novella.
"Many Mansions" placed eleventh in the 1974
Locus Poll Award for Best Short Fiction.
"The World Is a Sphere" placed sixteenth in the 1974
Locus Poll Award for Best Short Fiction.
References
External links
* {{isfdb title, id=33556, title=Universe 3
1973 anthologies
Universe (anthology series)
Random House books